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Fortnite video game returns to iPhone app store in U.S., ending exile imposed by Apple
The popular video game Fortnite has returned to the iPhone app store in the U.S., ending a prolonged exile that was triggered by a legal showdown over the lucrative fees that Apple had been collecting for years through a ...
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Google's unleashes 'AI Mode' in the next phase of its journey to change search
Google on Tuesday unleashed another wave of artificial intelligence technology to accelerate a year-long makeover of its search engine that is changing the way people get information and curtailing the flow of internet traffic ...
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Meta's Community Notes program is promising, but needs to prioritize transparency
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has more than 3.35 billion combined monthly active users. Recently, Meta has changed its approach to fact-checking in response to criticisms of its role in circulating ...
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Weighing investment risk for energy infrastructure construction: Solar outshines nuclear power plants
Between now and 2050, the International Energy Agency projects that more than $100 trillion will be spent on building net-zero energy infrastructure globally. Yet every single one of these projects runs the risk of higher-than-expected ...
May 19, 2025
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Microsoft is bringing Elon Musk's AI models to its cloud
Microsoft Corp. is adding models from Elon Musk's xAI to its artificial intelligence marketplace.
May 19, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
Efforts to reduce TikTok screen time often increase usage
Efforts by social media platforms to encourage users to take breaks from screen scrolling may actually lead to some of them spending even more time online. That's according to research coauthored by University of Mississippi ...
May 19, 2025
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Helping noisy data centers fit into residential neighborhoods
The past few years have seen an explosion in data centers built across the country, as developers try to keep up with demand created by artificial intelligence, cloud storage, and e-commerce. Many of these data centers are ...
May 19, 2025
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'Fortnite' unavailable on Apple devices worldwide
Hit game "Fortnite" was unavailable on Apple's digital App Store around the world on Friday, in the latest episode of a battle between the tech titan and publisher Epic Games.
May 17, 2025
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Saudi Arabia has big AI ambitions. They could come at the cost of human rights
This week, on his tour of the Middle East, United States President Donald Trump unveiled a suite of new deals with Saudi Arabia.
May 16, 2025
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Waste-to-energy in Australia: How it works, where new incinerators could go, and how they stack up
Every year, Australia buries millions of tons of waste in landfills. But these sites are filling fast, recycling has its own limitations, and most waste export is banned. So councils and state governments are looking for ...
May 16, 2025
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How a decades-old tech battle remains as relevant today as ever
Nearly three decades ago, the United States government began relinquishing control over an obscure but crucial bit of internet bureaucracy: overseeing the assignment of the names and numbers, allowing computers and networks ...
May 16, 2025
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US rests case in landmark Meta antitrust trial
The US government rested its case against Facebook-owner Meta on Thursday, as it tries to persuade a US judge that the tech giant bought Instagram and WhatsApp to neutralize them as rivals.
May 16, 2025
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The cost of keeping wind turbines out of sight
A new study coordinated by scientists at Forschungszentrum Jülich and published in Nature Communications highlights how the visibility of renewable energy installations—such as wind turbines and solar panels—has an impact ...
May 15, 2025
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NFTs in sports: How to be on alert to the dangers of fraud and counterfeiting
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are experiencing spectacular growth thanks to the new opportunities they offer for interaction and monetization to fans, clubs and athletes in the sports industry.
May 15, 2025
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US data center to add batteries without lithium mined overseas
A data center builder and a battery startup have agreed to deploy a novel type of energy storage for the first time at a U.S. data center. It's the latest example of tech companies' search for ways to manage the soaring energy ...
May 15, 2025
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Coinbase said cyber crooks stole customer information and demanded $20 million ransom payment
Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchange based in the U.S., said Thursday that criminals had improperly obtained personal data on the exchange's customers for use in crypto-stealing scams and were demanding a $20 million ...
May 15, 2025
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Political motives behind global adoption of Central Bank Digital Currency revealed
An international study into why some countries are accelerating Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) projects, and why others are holding back, has found that the adoption of CBDCs is shaped less by technological readiness ...
May 15, 2025
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Internet
Study finds inappropriate ads common on websites aimed at children
Many websites for children, such as learning platforms, are free of charge; they are financed by advertising. Researchers from Radboud University in the Netherlands, the Belgian University KU Leuven and the German Ruhr University ...
May 15, 2025
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Crypto industry praises Trump, calls for market clarity
The start of President Donald Trump's term earned rave reviews at the world's leading crypto conference Wednesday, but top industry lawyers said digital platforms wanted regulatory clarity while the Republicans control Congress.
May 15, 2025
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An interactive AI tool reveals how companies respond to economic threats
When Amazon recently got caught in President Trump's crosshairs for reportedly planning to list the added costs of new tariffs on products sold at its online store, the drama underscored just how much is at stake for companies ...
May 14, 2025
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New study reveals generative AI boosts job growth and productivity
A new study analyzing more than a decade of U.S. patent data has found that not all artificial intelligence (AI) innovations displace human workers—some, particularly generative AI, actually augment jobs and drive firm ...
May 14, 2025
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Seeking something new, Airbnb CEO promises 'perfect concierge'
"Novelty is cool. It's exciting. I want to be new (and) fresh," Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky told AFP in Los Angeles, where he is presenting a new offering that could bring haircuts and other services into your holiday home.
May 14, 2025
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Protection racket? Asian semiconductor giants fear looming tariffs
Inside one of South Korea's oldest semiconductor research institutes, the cleanrooms and workshops are calm and immaculate, but outside the Seoul National University campus, a chip storm is brewing.
May 14, 2025
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Meta faces row over plan to use European data for AI
A Vienna-based privacy campaign group said Wednesday it has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Meta, after the tech giant announced plans to train its artificial intelligence models with European users' personal data.
May 14, 2025
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Q&A: Researcher discusses the 'cruel optimism' of tech industry layoffs
In 2022, after decades of booming growth, technology companies in the United States began to lay off droves of employees. The announcements—which continued in 2023 and 2024, spanning from major corporations to startups—made ...
May 14, 2025
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